THE PRIMACY OF TRUTH AND THE ERROR OF ZERO

This theoretical and empirical paper argues that physical systems never reach a true zero state and instead settle on a non-zero asymptotic floor. The work introduces an epsilon-baseline framework that replaces mathematical zero with a physically meaningful minimum, improving model accuracy in real-world systems (e.g., Ba-137m decay). Implications are discussed for thermodynamics, cosmology, probability, measurement theory, entropy, and the philosophy of truth.